Senior Embedded Engineer

We’re supporting a space-technology organization building advanced systems that operate in highly constrained, mission-critical environments. Their work blends custom hardware, real-time control logic, and embedded software that must perform with absolute reliability in orbit.

They’re hiring a Senior Flight Software Engineer to develop software that sits at the core of system behavior from low-level embedded code to command and control layers that coordinate multiple subsystems. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building high-reliability logic, integrating with hardware teams, and shaping technical decisions across the stack.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong industry experience writing embedded or real-time software for safety-critical or mission-critical systems

• Expertise in Modern C++ for deterministic, high-reliability development

• Background working with embedded Linux, RTOS environments, or bare-metal platforms

• Experience integrating software with hardware, avionics, or multi-subsystem architectures

• Ability to own major features end-to-end, from architecture through testing and validation

Preferred Experience

• Prior work in aerospace, robotics, autonomy, sensors, or other real-time system domains

• Experience contributing to fault-tolerant or distributed embedded systems

• Familiarity with automated testing at unit, subsystem, and system levels (including HIL/SIL)

• Comfortable presenting technical concepts to cross-disciplinary engineering teams

What You’ll Be Doing Core Software Development (~80%)

• Implementing and integrating embedded flight logic

• Designing architecture for new features and system components

• Developing command, control, and subsystem-interaction software

• Working closely with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams

• Contributing to automated validation for mission-critical features

Collaboration & Technical Ownership (~20%)

• Influencing technical direction across subsystems

• Participating in design reviews and code reviews

• Helping drive engineering best practices and documentation

Compensation & Perks

• Competitive salary

• Signing/relocation bonus (~$10K)

• Generous equity component

• Automatic 401(k) contribution (approximately 3%)

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits

• Paid family and medical leave

• Flexible or unlimited PTO

• Daily catered lunch

Location

Full-time, onsite role in coastal Southern California

Work Authorization

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.